Subject: No Film at 11:00 Date: Mon, 18 Sep 95 09:19:00 PDT This just in from the Hollister Hills: (LCLRO/PPMGC, San Francisco 9/18/95) A super secret planned confrontation with the forces of wealth and excess was somewhat thwarted this weekend when rebel forces from the LCLRO (Left Coast Land Rover Owners) failed to anticipate schedule changes by LRNA (Land Rover of North America). Further problems were caused by the exceedingly high attrition of non-combatants within the rebel camp high atop nearby Fremont Peak. By late (very, very late) Friday evening it became clear that only a fraction of the expected troops were going to arrive in time for the planned covert Saturday morning assault. This was further complicated when the leak (information not oil) from their mole within LRNA had dried up and/or provided misinformation. Despite all these problems casualties were light on both sides: early on, one Series III 88 threw a shoe, a beautiful Series IIa NADA 109SW was laid down with minor injuries, another Series III 88, overcome by a severe gust of gravity, became wedged in a very precarious position (two wheels hanging down into a crevasse) and a newly acquired Series IIa 109 roadster demonstrated the hazards of bonded brake linings. In related stories: the CopeMobile earns an official name, Gooey demonstrates weakness in Michelin sidewalls, Ben Smith finds limits to CB radio range in rough terrain, and a 109 helps coin a new term: "Brakeage". Poison Oak - ally or foe? Stay tuned for these stories and much more... Gerry 72 88 *** You can t tell which way the train went by looking at the track. ------------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 13:01:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Morgan Hannaford Subject: PPMGC- "Are you Experienced" Well all, we did finally meet up with the "Land Rover Experience" on Sunday. They were cooking up some BBQ, surrounded by all white Discos, a D90, and brand spankin' new Range Rover 4.0SE s. Suddenly, out in the distance they heard a roar (actually it was probably Kurt Jenson's stealth exhaust system) and in came the "Tipper", aka Copemobile, my rig, Kurt's 109 roadster, Stephanie (in Spot), Ed King, Gerry, & Ben Smith. At the time they were filming video of the white new vehicles and taking photos, but as we roared in they started filming us and taking mucho pictures. We were greeted by Jonathan Slavin, who was one of the instructors. Nice guy, he really dug our mission and was obviously very impressed with our vehicles. Jim Allen and Tom Collins were also present and some chap from Rover$North (I forget his name) was hanging out too. We chatted and looked over the vehicles for about a half-hour. They were fascinated with how we knew they were there and that we came from all over California to, as Eric said, "mix the old with the new". Apparently this e-mail Rover-net thing has received quite a reputation. Anyway, as we were talking they were taking video and snapping pictures. It was great fun. A few of the organizers were still learning about older Land-Rovers. One guy about my age quized me on the difference between Series IIA and III vehicles and was impressed with my extracted "show and tell" layshaft pieces. He had obviously never had to double-declutch in his life, shame. Most of us left shortly, you know, get in and out quickly with deadly speed. I'm glad there was enough of a crew to really make this an impressive showing. Cheers, Mo ------------------------------------